TUBAS, March 5, 2018 (WAFA) - The Israeli military ordered on Sunday night 16 Palestinian families in Khirbit Ibziq, east of Tubas, to leave their homes because the army will be conducting military drills in the area, according to a local official.

Mutaz Bisharat, in charge of Jordan Valley file in the Tubas governorate, said the army told the 16 families, whose members number about 80 people, to leave their homes from 7 in the morning until 6 in the evening on Monday and go elsewhere as the military carries out training with live ammunition.

Palestinians accuse the army of conducting military exercises near their homes in order to eventually kick them out and take over their land for settlement purposes.

Israeli military officials have already admitted that the purpose of these exercises is to push Palestinians out of the Jordan Valley.

C.K./M.K.